Dog Fostering

[Dignity]

I wanted to research fostering a dog, I doubt Loki would allow me to, but I had some general questions.

When you foster a dog, who pays for the food? Vet care? Heartworm meds? What all is provided with the foster? For those that foster, if you don't mind my asking, about how much $$ do you put in yourself to one of the foster pets?

(for those who may have additional questions/comments, please feel free to post them in this thread )

[FairyDogMother]

For me, the rescue pays for all Vet care and I pay for everything else.
Now that we are getting more established (1 year now taking in fosters), we are trying to work out providing a certain number of bags of food to the dog foster homes each month. We have mulitple foster dogs at pretty much all times though.
I believe most are foster covers the food, rescue covers the Vet care. Each one may differ too though. I would do as I did and basiclly interview them to see who fits with you best.

To really answer your question, I provide:
Food
Treats
Toys
I also get from the rescue when donated or buy myself when needed:
Crates (that I keep when I buy them)
Collars
Leashes

[Dignity]

Wow - you have to pay for quite a bit . I was thinking about maybe in the spring or summer looking to foster depending on funds and if Loki would permit it, but I might have to scratch that and just continue to donate to my shelter... or get a smaller dog to foster

[Scottie]

I have been looking into fostering too, but maybe not from a shelter in my own. Like rescuing dogs in need, providing vet care myself and everything else needed. I will have to see, my vet told me if a dog ever gets dropped off at his office he will let me know if i can help. Its hard for me since i bond so quick but i might as well give it a try and see what happends. But not for sometime tho.

[Sheltiemama]

Rescue pays for all care and keeping, food, vet bills, medication and crates. The only thing I am responsible for is seeing that they get meds prescribed in a timely fashion. The organization also pays for my gas either by giving me products for my own two dogs or by paying me cash for the amount of mileage I run for them.

[dobermom]

With most rescues the foster home pays for the food, treats, and toys. That said if paying for those things would lose a foster home, I have found rescues will pay for food.

We have provided the foster home with crates in the past.

ALL vet care should be paid by the rescue which includes heart worm preventative, and fela preventative.

As far as how much of my own money? I have no clue! ALOT, but I think of fostering and my dogs as my hobby, and I put my money into my "hobby"

[SalemWitchChild]

Well I don't foster dogs but I do foster Taz the cat.

The shelter pays for his vet care. I pay for everything else basically. Food, litter, toys, etc..

[Bclover92]

I wish I could foster...but i cant right now...

[fairlight]

It also depends on how large of a group your rescue is. Smaller groups cannot contribute as much as the larger groups who have more connections.

[Dignity]

I was toying with the idea of possibly fostering after I get a new vehicle. I don't know if I'd have the room though or the funds to support a 3rd dog as well as I'd like though. Plus I'd need to have so many restrictions on the place I fostered from (it would have to be a female dog around 60lbs in good health).